1. Who were the parties of the treaty?

Was
there any mediator between the
negotiators?
2. Where were the negotiations held?
3. Why had it been decided in the first
place to enter into an agreement?
However Ibn Saud explained that he would
not commit himself to the British side without a firm
treaty of alliance and protection providing him with longterm security against Ottoman reprisals. Shakespear
believed that the British government should
accommodate Ibn Saud on this question, because the
responsibilities which it would incur thereby would not
be onerous and in any case would be outweighed greatly
by the benefits. Shakespear calculated that a treaty with
Ibn Saud, in addition to bringing him into the war against
Turkey, would give Britain the following advantages: (1)
complete control of the Arabian littoral of the Persian
Gulf; (2) complete control of the arms traffic in the
region; (3) the practical exclusion of foreign powers and
influence in central Arabia; (4) increased trade through
the Persian Gulf ports, and (5) increased influence over
the bedouin tribes in Arabia
What were the draft provisions of both
sides?Cox noted in his dispatch that 'Bin Saud's
weight in scale would be no mean asset to joint cause of
us all. Cox believed that Ibn Saud's draft could serve as a
basis for further negotiations. However he felt
that a number of additional points, which generally were
included in the
treaties with the rulers of the Trucial Coast, also should
be contained in thisagreement . Cox wanted Ibn Saud to

undertake the following

obligations: (1) receive a representative of the British
government either at his capital or seaport or both; (2)
give extra-territoriality to non-Muslim British subjects;
(3) abstain from waging war by sea without British
consent and cooperate in the suppression of piracy in the
Persian Gulf; (4) protect the pilgrim traffic passing
through his territory; (5) levy custom duties at reasonable
rates having regard to rates prevailing at Bahrain and
Kuwait; (6) allow British merchant vessels to visit his
ports, and (7) allow the construction of post office and
telegraph services at his ports at an appropriate time in
the future.7
5- Was the agreement imposed or
negotiated?
it would be advisable first to sign a preliminary
agreement covering the main issues while eliminating
many complicated matters of detail, such as
boundaries, arms traffic, and questions of legal
jurisdiction, which necessarily would require a
considerable period to negotiate

6-What were the outcomes of the treaty?

it made recognition of Ibn Saud's successors contingent
upon British approval, and it eliminated the provision
requiring the British government to delimit the borders of
Najd.
The way he negotiate :
1-

7-What were the benefits and cost for the

parties?
8- What did you learn about the negotiating
behavior of the involved parties?
The way that Ibn saud negotiate made him get
every thing he want. He used four strategies.
1 -Exploit the conditions and the situation of the
enemy
2 - Do not agree to change the terms and try to
make the enemy focuses on a particular item and
try to change the rest of the items without
showing the importance of it.
3 - Dealing with more than one treaty draft make
the British disperse and confused.
4 - Ibn saud never agree to any thing that not
damaging to his own interests.
First, Ibn Saud explained that he would not
commit himself to the British side without a firm
treaty of alliance and protection providing him
with long-term security against Ottoman reprisals.
So Shakespear believed that the British
government should accommodate Ibn Saud on this
question, because the responsibilities which it
would incur thereby would not be onerous and in
any case would be outweighed greatly by the
benefits, so as a result Shakespear calculated that
a treaty with Ibn Saud, in addition to bringing him
into the war against Turkey, would give Britain
some advantages, but in fact this was the
beginning of the stongth of Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.

Cox made another concession in article one, the

full significance of which possibly he was
unaware. He agreed to Ibn Saud's request that
Britain at some time in the future would delimit
the boundaries of his territories.
Ibn Saud successfully insisted on limiting his
obligation, and the final draft of this section of the
article read 'he will follow her [Britain's] advice
unreservedly provided that it be not damaging to
his own interests.' This wording was a definite
victory for Ibn Saud, because his qualification
might be regarded as almost cancelling his
commitment.
The Najd ruler candidly told Cox that if he
assented to this phrasing the British government
would be able to take
refuge behind it in order not to afford him
assistance if it were inconvenient to do so.